IP Library Granted Patent US 12,068,524
Granted Patent B2
US 12,068,524 · App. 17/782,498 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Vehicle pane

Inventors: Adrien Guth (Aachen, DE); Guillaume Francois (Aachen, DE); Guillaume Petitdidier (Boulogne-Billancourt, FR); Varun Ramesh Kumar (Aachen, DE)
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
H01Q1/1271B60J1/001B60J1/02
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Patent No.
US 12,068,524
App. No.
17/782,498
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle pane has a first substrate and at least one first electrically conducting layer, wherein an antenna structure is formed in the electrically conducting layer, wherein the antenna structure provides a Vivaldi-antenna-like structure, wherein the antenna structure has two substantially identical antenna elements, wherein the two antenna elements are arranged at an angle relative to one another, wherein the angle is greater than 0° and less than 180° such that the antenna elements appear substantially as mirror images at the angle bisector.

Claims (21)

1. A vehicle pane comprising a first substrate and at least one first electrically conducting layer,

wherein an antenna structure is formed in the first electrically conducting layer,

wherein the antenna structure provides a Vivaldi-antenna structure,

wherein the antenna structure has two substantially identical antenna elements,

wherein the two antenna elements are arranged at an angle relative to one another to form together an angular antenna structure having a corner, and

wherein the angle is greater than 0° and less than 180° such that the two antenna elements appear substantially as mirror images at the angle bisector.

2. The vehicle pane according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna structure is set up to receive signals of a mobile radio network.

3. The vehicle pane according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrically conducting layer is arranged on a film that is connected to the vehicle pane.

4. The vehicle pane according to claim 3 , wherein the vehicle pane is a laminated pane, wherein the vehicle pane further has a second substrate, wherein the film is introduced between the first substrate and the second substrate.

5. The vehicle pane according to claim 1 , wherein the angle is selected from an angle range of 120° to 60°.

6. The vehicle pane according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrically conducting layer is applied on a dielectric film.

7. The vehicle pane according to claim 6 , wherein the film has a second electrically conducting layer arranged on the opposite side of the first electrically conducting layer.

8. The vehicle pane according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrically conducting layer has a height of 10 μm-75 μm.

9. The vehicle pane according to claim 1 , comprising a black imprint on at least one section at an edge of the vehicle pane, which imprint extends over a corner of the vehicle pane, wherein the first electrically conducting layer is arranged behind the black imprint, at least in some sections.

10. The vehicle pane according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna structure has, at least in a first frequency band below 1 GHz and at least in a second frequency band above 1 GHz, a reflection coefficient S 11 of −6 dB or better.

11. The vehicle pane according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna structure is set up to receive signals of a wireless short-range communication network.

12. A vehicle with a vehicle pane according to claim 1 .

13. A method comprising receiving signals of a mobile communication network of the first generation, and/or 2G and/or 3G and/or 4G and/or 5G with a vehicle pane according to claim 1 .

14. A method comprising receiving signals of a WLAN network and/or signals of a car-to-car network and/or signals of a car-to-infrastructure network with a vehicle pane according to claim 1 .

15. The vehicle pane according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of each of the two substantially identical antenna elements define the corner of the angular antenna structure.

16. The vehicle pane according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two substantially identical antenna elements extend from the corner of the angular antenna structure.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 16, 2025
From: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
To: SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE
Reel/Frame 071969/0743 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2022
From: GUTH, ADRIEN; FRANCOIS, GUILLAUME; PETITDIDIER, GUILLAUME; RAMESH KUMAR, VARUN
To: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 060942/0930 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19213751 · Dec 5, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
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